Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 22, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters industry specific commentary, we make the observation that retail industry sales and operations planning and demand support teams, given the current state of recent business financial performance, need to up their game in supply network inventory management agility and added responsiveness. .

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Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 16, 2013

I’ve had the good fortune to be presented with opportunities for compelling discussions with a significant group of leading thinkers, senior executives in procurement, logistics, and technology management over this past year. Not surprisingly, analytics is at the top of the list.

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American Global Logistics

JULY 14, 2023

The cost of U.S. However, there is a need for more precise and comprehensive metrics to understand the full economic impact of supply chains. Their analysis revealed that the supply chain employs over 479,800 people in the state — 12% of the workforce. Today, they face new challenges and opportunities.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 5, 2022

Supply chain technology industry analyst and Supply Chain Matters Founder Bob Ferrari provides added perspectives and highlights to last week’s announced acquisition of Starboard Solutions by Logility. This was not the first acquisition of a promising supply chain network design technology provider.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 18, 2024

That number is the highest reported since 2014, including the period of the Covid-19 pandemic during the years 2020 to 2023. If readers have added interest, click on our Search Menu on the right-hand panel on the category of Pharmaceutical, Life Sciences and Healthcare supply chains , to be able to scan in excess of 140 various commentaries.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 21, 2022

This week, the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) , with sponsors Penske Logistics and consulting firm Kearney , released the 33rd Annual State of Logistics Report to organization members and the industry as a whole. This report provides a snapshot of the U.S. For 2021, U.S. percent to $1.85

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 5, 2022

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group’s 2022 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains Research Advisory ( Available for complimentary downloading in our Research Center ) includes a prediction that the supply chain technology segment will feature an investment boom in market consumption, added equity investment and M&A activity.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 6, 2021

That’s where forecasting and predictive analytics come into play. Predictive analytics involve techniques like data mining and machine learning to predict future trends from past and current data. You might be asking yourself: What is the difference between traditional forecasting and predictive analytics?

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Supply Chain Matters calls reader attention to a published report that indicates for one retailer, the sudden shift in consumer demand this year may not have been that sudden. We recommend that our readers have a view of this report.

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ShipBob

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

From managing inventory flow to ensuring that customers receive shipments on time, retail logistics streamlines the different stages of your ecommerce supply chain to keep your business running smoothly. Stages of the retail logistics process includes warehouse receiving , inventory management, fulfillment, and shipping.

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ShipBob

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

For many growing and established direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands alike, the supply chain is the most critical but also most challenging aspect of their operations. . The process involves complex steps, from procurement, to shipping products to end users, often resulting in a lack of visibility and high operational costs.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 11, 2023

That has included means to perform more timely analysis to questions and strategy actions posed by C-Suite , supply chain or operations executives. As noted in our current sharing of 2023 predictions , restoring more direct control to supply and operational networks r emains a significant challenge for businesses in 2023 and beyond.

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ThroughPut

APRIL 6, 2020

It involves the application of processes and tools to ensure the optimal operation of a manufacturing and distribution supply chain. This includes the optimal placement of inventory within the supply chain, minimizing operating costs including manufacturing costs, transportation costs, and distribution costs.

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ThroughPut

APRIL 2, 2020

It involves the application of processes and tools to ensure the optimal operation of a manufacturing and distribution supply chain. This includes the optimal placement of inventory within the supply chain, minimizing operating costs including manufacturing costs, transportation costs, and distribution costs.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 16, 2014

Today, nine out of ten supply chains are stuck. Despite two decades of advancement in supply chain technologies, companies are struggling to gain balance at the intersection of operating margin, inventory turns and case fulfillment. These technologies are applicable to solve many problems.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 9, 2017

A Supply Chain Operating Network facilitates the exchange of documents and information, such as invoices, advanced shipping notices, status updates, and more, while participants execute specific activities such as tracking the location of shipments, confirming receipt of purchase orders, etc.

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6 River Systems

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Internet of Things The Internet of Things (IoT), comprised of physical devices equipped with remote sensors that capture and transmit large amounts of data, is already making a big impact in the supply chain industry. Advanced and predictive analytics Advanced and predictive analytics are deployed in real- or near-real time.

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Ware2Go

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Some supply chain management begins with sourcing product materials, and all supply chains end with last mile delivery and returns processing. No matter the size of your business, outsourcing your supply chain can drive business growth.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 15, 2022

With so many having to work from home during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, consumers upped their purchases of in-home fitness equipment. Sourcing was both a cost as well as landed cost decision factor. Consumer anticipation was thus compounded by a developing global supply chain disruption.

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6 River Systems

JULY 25, 2019

All of the above (and other down-stream KPIs and processes) are heavily influenced by the accuracy of a demand forecast: if the demand forecast is much more accurate, a company is more likely to have the right product, in the right quantities in inventory and will have less of the products in inventory that is not required.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JULY 28, 2020

Robinson can reduce the time and energy your general managers and kitchen operators spend managing purchase orders and resolving claims. By combining purchase order technology and expert logistics support, we manage supply chains so our clients can direct store operators’ time to revenue-driving activities instead.

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ShipBob

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Warehouse technology refers to the technology used in warehousing facilities to maximize efficiency and productivity. Meanwhile, you can also find technology that assists you with warehouse picking by letting you plan your picking operations, generate picking lists, and assign warehouse staff to execute picking orders.

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Oracle SCM

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Ninety-five percent said they plan to spend more this year than last, and 60 percent will spend more than $1 million over the next two years on disruptive technologies such as robotics, automation, predictive analytics, artificial intelligence, and the Internet of Things (IoT).

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Resilinc

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Peter Guinto capped his 12-year Air Force career in procurement by serving on the federal COVID supply chain task force and becoming head of contracting for the Medium-altitude UAS Division—the unit responsible for keeping the United States’ edge in warfighting drones.

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Turvo

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

On the surface, the Amazon Effect is the new standard of excellence that all customers have come to expect following the break-neck speed and low-cost, if not free, shipping associated with Amazon purchases. According to a report from The Balance Small Businesses , “by 2018, [Amazon’s] revenue reached almost $233 billion.

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ThroughPut

MAY 11, 2021

According to the trends, there was a rapid shift from in-store purchasing to e-commerce. SKU management essentially helps you keep track of your inventory. To keep up with the competition in the ever-evolving market, you need to be able to have end-to-end visibility into your entire supply chain along with real-time inventory data.

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ThroughPut

MAY 11, 2021

According to the trends, there was a rapid shift from in-store purchasing to e-commerce. SKU management essentially helps you keep track of your inventory. To keep up with the competition in the ever-evolving market, you need to be able to have end-to-end visibility into your entire supply chain along with real-time inventory data.

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ThroughPut

MAY 11, 2021

According to the trends, there was a rapid shift from in-store purchasing to e-commerce. SKU management essentially helps you keep track of your inventory. To keep up with the competition in the ever-evolving market, you need to be able to have end-to-end visibility into your entire supply chain along with real-time inventory data.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Inventory Turns 3. (10%). I don’t for one second deny that the companies on the list have great supply chains, but there are so many advances in Supply Chain technology, talent, skills and capabilities that it is hard to believe that all of this excellence is restricted to the same group of 20 companies year after year after year.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 24, 2020

What are the Supply Chain lessons we must learn from? Supply Chain Lessons. The Importance of Supply Chain Talent. For far too long Supply Chain has been considered a back office, transactional functions placing purchasing orders and moving and receiving goods.

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Hybrent

MARCH 6, 2019

Streamlining your medical supply chain management benefits patients, too. If you can access your inventory in real time, you can ensure that supplies are available when your medical staff needs them. The data for these purchases is also easily accessible via a supply chain management program.

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ThroughPut

JANUARY 23, 2020

To guarantee results, supply chain managers need to be able to cut through this noise with a powerful tool to make use of this vast amount of data with targeted operational analytics to detect, quantify and rank the bottlenecks building-up in business processes early on. 2) Inventory and Demand Management.

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ThroughPut

JANUARY 23, 2020

To guarantee results, supply chain managers need to be able to cut through this noise with a powerful tool to make use of this vast amount of data with targeted operational analytics to detect, quantify and rank the bottlenecks building-up in business processes early on. 2) Inventory and Demand Management.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Ninety-five percent said they plan to spend more this year than last, and 60 percent will spend more than $1 million over the next two years on disruptive technologies such as robotics, automation, predictive analytics, artificial intelligence, and the Internet of Things (IoT).

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 2, 2021

The impact of supply chain is so broad and far-reaching that any professional in the field has the opportunity to impact virtually any aspect of a company’s, or even an industry’s, performance,” Mike says. Additionally, more attention must be paid to strategic inventory planning.

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6 River Systems

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

William Crane, Founder & CEO of IndustryStar Solutions , is an entrepreneur and experienced executive in supply chain with demonstrated results starting, launching and enhancing procurement, logistics, supplier quality and manufacturing companies globally. Sustainable Leadership Purchasing Council. Mihai Corbuleac.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 5, 2018

Accounting becomes more efficient when your supply chain automatically informs you about assets and inventory. IoT can connect points of purchase and customer sites. It can monitor usage patterns of products supplied to business end-users. The pull model starts from the point of purchase and works backwards.

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